Reverse Transcription.pptVIP

Reverse Transcription Central Dogma Normal transcription involves synthesis of RNA from DNA. Reverse transcription is the transcription of single stranded RNA into double stranded DNA With the help of the enzyme Reverse Transcriptase. Reverse Transcriptase also known as RNA directed DNA Polymerase - DNA Nucleotidyl transferase (RNA directed) - Revertase Reverse Transcriptase was discovered by Howard Temin and Baltimore in 1970 independently - shared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975 for their discovery. Reverse transcriptase common in Retrovirus. - HIV M-MLV (Moloney Murine